Bullying

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Aprašymas

Darbas anglų kalba. Patyčios. Describing bullying. These are some behaviours that children and young people describe as bullying. Types of bullying. Profile of bullies, profile of victims. Signs of bullying. Why do bullies bully? Effects of bullying. Tackling specific types of bullying. How Adults Can Help Stop Bullying. Summary. Vocabulary.

Ištrauka

Bullying can be quite complex in nature and is therefore not always easy todescribe .Initial attempts* to describe bullying paid particular attention to physical violence.

In general, bullying can be described as a term applied to a model ofbehaviour whereby one person, possibly with a lot of internal anger andeffect aggression and lacking* in interpersonal skills, chooses to displace their aggression onto another person.

The other person is chosen for their vulnerability* with respect to the bully. It is deliberately*,hurtful behaviour, repeated over a period of time. It is difficult for those being bullied to defend themselves. The three main types of bullying are:

Typically, the bully is likely to target a young person who is socially lesspopular than the rest. If no such obvious young person exists, then the bullywill pick on anybody s/he thinks is unwilling* or unable to fight. A key factor in the bully’s choice appears to be any child who is unwilling to resort* to any sort of violence to resolve conflict.

In the typically boisterous* atmosphere of a school playground or even classroom, children will often jostle*,push and shove or even hit out at each other. While it is necessary to recognise the existence of ordinary and isolated incidents resulting from day-to-day rude and tumble*, mock* fights and other brief spells of negative behaviour in school, care must be taken not to dismiss the behaviours that children consider to be bullying. ...